For our first trip of 2014, 18 January through 20 January, we decided to make the drive up to Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany for a 3 day weekend. Our main goal was to visit and tour the Neuschwanstein castle, eat some delicious German food and of course get some good pictures! If you know Jamin and I, you know that we are always on the hunt for the perfect picture! We headed out early Saturday morning and were happy when our GPS said that we would arrive five and a half hours later. From where we live we have to pass through Austria to get to Germany so we made sure to stop just before the border at a gas station to purchase a vignette (a sticker for your windshield proving that you paid Austrian road tax). We arrived in the afternoon and checked into Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl. The staff greeted us with friendly smiles and gave us some information about the surrounding areas. After getting our rather large room key we headed up to catch a beautiful glimpse of the mountain view from our balcony before the sun went down. From our balcony, the mountain we could see was the Zugspitze, which is the tallest point in Germany! The room was quite large in size (by European standards) and the bed was comfortable which is always a plus! The hotel offers a continental breakfast with a large spread of all our favorite breakfast foods! They also have a wonderful seating area with breathtaking views of the mountain, a bar, indoor pool and sauna for relaxing. The hotel does offer free Wi-Fi but you have to ask for the password upon check in. I would definitely stay here again if we were to make another trip to Garmisch. After settling into our room we headed back to the center of Garmisch (about a 5 min drive) to explore the small town and grab some dinner.
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